An engineer must interconnect two geographically separated data centers. The service provider offers a Layer 2 Metro Ethernet link. The strict security policy requires that the information that is shared between two sites must be sent encrypted. The application deployed between two sites requires a line-rate throughput regardless of the packet size and speed. Which solution meets these requirements?
A) L2TPv2
B) IPsec
C) MACsec
D) L2TPv3

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MACsec provides encryption at Layer 2, which is suitable for a Metro Ethernet link, and it supports line-rate throughput, meeting the requirement for encrypted communication without compromising speed.

An Engineer Must Interconnect Two Geographically Separated Data Centers